This dataset contains 10,849 (Bridge and Road Initiative) BRI-tagged projects from AidData’s Global Chinese Development Finance (GCDF) Dataset, Version 2.0. This tagging schema builds upon the full GCDF dataset, which encompasses over 13,000 overseas development projects bankrolled by the Chinese government between 2000 and 2017, and is best considered as a value addition to that foundational dataset. This is the first comprehensive approach to systematically define a taxonomy of "BRI-like" activities, apply this tagging schema at the project level to AidData’s historical database, and use the results to monitor the presence of activities pertaining to BRI themes.
